LEGO in Education: Building Skills Through Playful Learning

LEGO in Education: Building Skills Through Playful Learning

Duration: 4 hours
Target Audience: Educators, teachers, parents, and anyone interested in hands-on learning methods through LEGO.

Description
Introduction Join us for LEGO in Education: Building Skills Through Playful Learning, an interactive workshop designed to immerse you in the practical use of LEGO as a dynamic educational tool. This session is not a theoretical approach but a hands-on experience where you’ll actively engage with LEGO to discover how it can enhance learning across different subjects. You’ll leave with new skills, techniques, and activities that you can immediately implement in your classroom or learning environment. LEGO is a powerful medium beyond play, encouraging creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. Throughout the workshop, you will work in small groups, participate in challenges, and design solutions—putting you at the centre of your learning experience.
Workshop Units
  1. Introduction 
    • the principles of play-based learning.
    • the role of LEGO in education and how hands-on engagement builds more profound understanding and fosters student engagement.
  2. Unit 1: STEM Education with LEGO
    • Explore how to break down complex ideas into hands-on experiments.
    • Group Work Activities
    • Coding:  how to incorporate coding and problem-solving into your lessons.
  3. Unit 2: LEGO for Literacy and Storytelling
    • Visual stories
    • Adapting activities based on the preferred outcome
  4. Unit 3: Social-Emotional Learning Through LEGO 
    • Promoting skills like communication, empathy, and teamwork.
    • Explore emotions and social scenarios, learning to facilitate meaningful discussions and understanding among learners.
  5. Unit 4: Creative Problem-Solving with LEGO
    • LEGO Challenges: Creativity and collaboration are the keys! 
    • How does this creative, hands-on problem-solving activity translate into everyday learning environments and support cognitive development?
  6. Wrap-Up and Reflection 
    • Reflection Circle: Share your key takeaways from the workshop and how you plan to apply your learning.
    • Q&A: An open discussion for any final questions, ideas, or suggestions on using LEGO to enhance learning.
Key Details
  • This is a fully participatory workshop in which you’ll build, collaborate, and explore throughout. Be prepared to dive into hands-on activities from start to finish.
  • All LEGO materials will be provided; no previous experience with LEGO is needed.

 

We look forward to seeing you in this active, creative, collaborative learning environment!

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